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Wednesday, November 24, 2010

Cottage Cheese Loaf

This is a surprisingly tasty little number... I'm never really keen on the idea of Cottage Cheese Loaf, but I'm old enough now to remember that I actually quite enjoy the reality of it...

OM NOM NOM... Oh Shit! Blog! Quick! Photo! Yeeeah... This is the Cottage Cheese Loaf when served with a Spicy Tomato-Mushroom Sauce and Cauliflower/Spinach Cheese...

This is a quick and easy meal full of protein... Originally it was designed to be a "loaf" but I've discovered that loaf cooking is NOT one of my strong points... And so I bake mine as more of a cake-type thing... Still tastes good though!

It tastes better than it looks - I promise!

I'm always promising people that it'll taste better than it looks - and people are always pleasantly surprised to find I'm right (Of Course! I'm always right! Except for when I'm not...)! The best thing about Cottage Cheese Loaf is that it's a blank canvas - You can add to it what ever you like - I haven't gotten any further than my secret ingredient - Nutmeg and a delicious tomato based sauce, but your only limit is your imagination!

Recipe after the jump...

You will need...

The ingredients - minus nutmeg...

1 onion, chopped

3 cloves garlic, chopped

1 Tbsp oil – for frying onion and garlic

1 tsp dried herbs

1 tsp nutmeg

2 eggs

Salt and pepper – to taste

¼ cup milk

1 cup rolled oats

500g cottage cheese

1. Set oven to 180°C on bake. Grease either a rectangular cake tin or a loaf tin...

2. Fry onion and garlic in oil until soft.

3. Beat eggs and milk in a bowl before...

4. Combining with all other ingredients.

5. Pour into a greased/lined loaf tin and...

6. Bake for 25-35 minutes for a cake tin 45 minutes for a loaf pan!

7. Serve with a spicy tomato sauce/salsa...

OM NOM NOM!!!J

Spicy Tomato/Mushroom Sauce

100g mushrooms, sliced

25g butter

1/2 onion, diced

2 cloves garlic, crushed

1 tsp chilli powder

1tsp tumeric

400g tin chopped tomatoes

Melt butter in a large saucepan, brown mushrooms, onion and garlic. Once browned add the tumeric and chilli. Pour over tomatoes and simmer until reduced to a consistency that you like. Serve over cottage cheese loaf - yum!